Die-press.



No. 835,753 PA'1?1:1\TT1.D NOV. v13, 1906.

' G. GOLDMAN,

,DIE PRESS.

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DIE PRESS.

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DIE PRESS.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT.A29. 1904.

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IIIII Witnesses UNITED, STATES Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 29.1904. Serial No. 226.5911.

To wZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsrAv GOLDMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resid-ent of Baltimore, iNIaryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Die-Presses, which is fully set forth in the following speci iication.

This invention relates to mechanism designed to cut out from a sheet or band of material continuously fed thereto pieces or portions of said material of any desired pattern or outline.

Vhile the machine hereinafter described is capable of a variet of uses of the general character indicated? it is particularly designed for cutting garment-pads from continuous sheets of fibrous material. The same is designed for use in connection with any material capable of being act-ed upon by a die knife or cutter impressed against a suitable platen, though in the manufacture of garment-pads it is designed to o crate more particularly in connection wit strips of iibrous material.

W hile, as intimated above, the apparatus is capable of a great varietyoi uses, its use as a means for cutting garment-pads from fibrous. material will bespecifically described herein for the urpose of illustrating the invention and w h description and illustra-Y tion Will be sufficient to suggest to those skilled in the art vits adaptability to other" analogous arts.

In my United States Patent No. 758,243, as well as other patents taken out by me, I have described a process of forminga sheet of fibers matted or felted together. The die press or cutting apparatus forming the subject-matter of the present application may be used for making pads from any suitable iibrous. material, preferably, however, the material made as described in my aforesaid patent being employed.

The objects of the invention are to provide means fo'r feeding a continuous strip of material to a suitable cutter, which will act to cut the material into i and in some instances also act to automatically convey the articles thuscut from the band or strip away from the machine.

In my United States application, Serial No. 226,226, filed September 27, 1904, I have shown a means of skiving or cutting away a. portion of the surface of a continuously-advancing sheet or strip of iibrous material in such way as to leave said sheet composed of al sheets orthe desired form or pattern t the necessity of further skiving off or building up any particular portion in order to give it the proper contour.

'One ofthe objects pf the present invention is to provide a machine for cutting garmentpads from a stri of fibrous material skived operate in combination with said sliiver, the strip or band of fibrous material being fed -from the skiver immediately to the cuttingmachine.

the inventive idea illustrated in the accon panying drawings is one in which a stationary hollow cutting-die has the slrived sheet of fibrous material forced against its cutting edges by the action of anintermittently-vibratin r platen, the skived sheet of fibrous inaterial eing fed between the stationary die and the vibrating platen bythe action of suitable feed-rollers intervening between Athe skiver andthe die of the cutting-machine, which I shall hereinafter designate as the die-press. When the platen is advanced a ainst the cutting-die,tlie forward movement o the sheet of material is necessarily intern rupted for a fraction of time, While the same sheet ofmaterial is continuously advanced from the skiver toward the die-press. More over,it is essential thatthe skived sheet should be fed to the cutter-die so that the skived portions will be properly positioned with relation to the die, and for this purpose the movement timed that the sheet of material will be adpress in such a way as to bring the skived portion into proper position before the die of the diepress. f u

With this object in viewA the invention further consists in the combination of a the skived-sheetlfrom the skiver andinterthe Whole proceeding as one continuous and automatic operation.

Furthermore, the invention consists 'in 'intermittently operating feed-rollers for feed or' cut out, as in icated, which machine shall The particular mechanical expression 'of vanced through theV slciver and to the die-v skiving-machine and acutting-machine or die-press with means continuously feeding mittently feeding said sheet to the die-press,

garment or other pads cut therefrom, the 'tae of the skiver and ofthe die-press must be so ICO IIO

ing the skived sheet to the die-press and means for adjusting said rollers with relation to the die, whereby the skived sheet may be initially adjusted so as to bring the desired portions thereof in proper relation to the die of the die-press. these rollers consists of bearings therefor' in a pair of verticallvadjusted lracks with pin ions for operating said racks and a handwheel controlled by a pawl and ratchet'for operating the pinions.

The inventive idea involved in the cuttingsnaehne rnay be embodiedV in various'mechemical forms, one of which'forms is shown in the accompanying drawings for thepurose of`=illustrating the invent-ion, reference being hadfliowever, tothe clairnslfor defining the limits of said invention.

In said drawings,`Figure 1is a sideelevation of the die-press, together with thetirning-cani on the skiver'for enablin J thc-skiver and the-'die-press tolbe operate iii-unison. Fig. 1- is an enlarged sectional detail of the driving-shaft clutch. Fig. 2 is a side eleva- -tion'ofthe shiver-and die-press combined. Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the dieress. Fig. 4 isa pers ective view, partie y in dotted out-line, iinstrating the means for starting and stopping the die-press, whereby its-intermittent xaction is secured land. the means on the skiver whereby such starting and stopping devices are cont-rolled. Fig. 4a is an enlarged detaill of the startinv and stopping device shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 5v is a plan view of a portion of the starting -and stopping devices shovm in Fig. 4. Fig.

'isaleft-#hand' elevation of Fig. 5. Fig.`7 is atop plan view of the interniittently-operating feed-rollers of 'the-die-press. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7 looking inthe direction ofthe arrow. Fig. 9 is an illustration in detail perspective of a certain portion of the starting and stopping mechanism illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of thenieans for adjusting the intermittently-o erating feed-rollers with relation to the ie, a guide-apron for the sheet of material heilig also shown. Fig. 11 isa side elevation ofFigJlO. Fig. 12 is a front elevation of the feed-rollers, their adjustable bearings, and the guide-apron, a strip of fibrous material being shown in the actief being advanced in front of the die. Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a pair of ,`ejecli11g-pl'ates operating in connection with the platen to push the pads through the hollow die, together with the mechanism for intermittently operating said plat-es. Fig. 14 is a detail perspective ofv means for cushioning the blow of the mechanism when the saine stopped, the same forming a part of the Vinternrxittently starting and stopping de` vices shown in Fig. si. Fig. 15 is-a sectional 'detail showing the operation oi' the leedrollers and "apron, the cutting-die, tl ie platen,

One .means for vadjusting l t y l l seance the rejecting-plates, &c., the parts being shown in the position which they occupy just prior to the advancement of the platen aga-inst the cutting-die. Fig. 16 is a like view showing the parts in the position they occupy just after the platen has forced the sheet of fibrous material against the die, showing the ejector-plates in the act of ejecting a pair of pads from or through the hollowdie.

Referring to the, drawings,1 is any suitable framework for the machine, upon'which is i 'formed to cut either'a single or a plurality of pads or other articles at each stroke or vibrationl of the platen. beingparticularly had to Figs. 12, 15,-and A16, the die 2 is approximately heart-shaped -and has a dividing cuttereblade 4f extending transversely across lit in such way as to cause it to cut at a-single vibration ofthe platen two pads substantially identical in shape. yThe plat/en 3 is supported on links 5, pivote'd to the frame 1 at 6 and to the sides of the platen'fat 7, so that when power is suitably applied theretothe links 5 nieve torward, carrying the platen with them -up against the cutting edge of the die`2. For the purpose of imparting thevibrating movement to the platenlinks 8 arepivoted to the'platen at 7 and are eccentrically pivloted at 9 to gear-wheels 1.0 10, Fig. 4, keyed to the shaft 11, turning in bearings 12 on tile framework of the machine. T he large gearwheels 1010 ni-esh with pinions 13 13, keyed to shaft 14, upon one end of'which are two pulleys 15 16, 15 beingfast to shaft 14. and 16 being loose thereon. T he power for operat- Aing the platen is derived from a belt 17, ex-

tending from any suit-able power-shaft, Wnen the driving-belt 1s on the pulley 15,

the platen will be vibrated toward and from the die 2 Land when the belt is shifted from the pulley 15 tothe pulley 16 the machine will stop.

The machine herein described may be einployed to cut pads orv other articles from any suitable strip of material, whether said strip is a flat one of even thickness or is one' of'un even thickness especially prepared ,for the. purpose of forming the pad or other article which it is desired to make. One of the uses to which it is particularly adapted is that of cuttinggarment-pads from a strip of fibrous material especially prepared for the purpose, and in the ianufaeture of such garmentpads it is found advantageous to combine the diepress with the machine for slriving or e|nting out sloping and approximately transverse. channels on one side of the strip ol' material to be treated. The same may be combined with any slriving-mnchine adapted for As here shown, reference v lOO this purpose. As here shown, it is combined with a skiv'er of my invention, consisting of a roller 18, Fig. 2, having depressions 19' the Asame only being claimed in combination with the die-press.

The strip of fibrous material 21 after it has been treated by the skiver is continuously advanced toward the die-press by two feed-rollers 23 and 24 on the skiver and is received by a pair of feed-rollers 25 and 26 on the die-press, these rollers being situated above the die and in such position that as the band of fibrous material 21 advances downward between them it will pass in front ofthe platen *and between it and the cutter or die,

'fibrous sheet.

allv of which will be clearly understood from an inspection of Figs. 15 and 16. i

In order that the pads may be properly cut from the skived portions of the material 21, it is essential that the media-l or dividing blade 4 of the cutter should cut transversely across the thickest or highest portion 27, Fi 2, of theiskivecbout sheet of fibrous material, the upper and lower edges of the cutter cutting through the sheet of fibrous material atthe hollowed out or thinner portions 28 of the In order that the sheet of fibrous material may be so fed to the cutterdie as to bring the parts 27 and 28 in the desired position, the feed-rollers 25 and 26 are arranged to be adjusted up or down, as may be required, since with different-sized dies or 'cutters or with different patterns or outline of pads it will be necessary to alter the relation between the feed-rollers and the die or v into the rack-bars 30, as will be readily un.

derstood from an inspection of Figs. 10 land 11. The headed screws 81 act to hold the rack-bars'againstthe slotted framework of the machine, While at the same time leaving said barsk free to move up and down Within the limits of slot 32. Haclnbars 30 30 are engaged by a pair of pinions'' 38, keyed to the shaft 34, which shaft has on its outer end a ratchet-wheel 35, engaged by ratchet 36, held in contact therewith lby, spring 37. The

ratchet-Wheel 35 can be turned by the cranle arm 38 to elevate or depress the rack-bars 30, and this 'without regard as to whether the diepress is at rest or in operation.

Referring to Fig. 1 1, it will be seen that the roller 25 has its bearing in one end of the bearing-plates 29, carried by the rack-bars, and that the roller 26 has its bearinginthe opposite end of said bearing-plates, the shaft of the roller 26 taking bearing in a slot 29" in the bearing-plate 29, a spring 39 having one meshing pinions 40 41, but in casea sheet of iibrous material of any unusual thickness vpasses between the rollers the spring 39 yields to permit it to pass, subsequently drawing the gears on the two rollers again into mesh, as shown-in Fig. 1 1. Power is a pliedb to drive the feed-rollers by means or a pulley 42, Fig. 3, secured to the endlof the shaft on the roller 25, around whichpulley 42 extends a belt 43, Fig. 1, passing over one member of a clutch 44, belt'43 passing over that member of the clutch which is loose upon the driving-shaft and only acting to end secured to the shaft of the roller 26 and 4the other endto the rack-bar 30. VThe two I rollers 25 and 26 are geared together by interdrive thev feed-rollers 25 and 26 when the loose member of the clutch is thrown into engagement with the other member thereof dsecured to the shaft. The particular construction of this clutch is immaterial. `Any clutch which has an idle and a fast member capable of being shifted into and out'of en-` gagement with each other will be suitable or the purpose.

For the pur ose of guiding the sheet of fibrous materialb in its downward path afterA IOO it leaves the feed-rollers 25 and 26 an apronA i 45 is pivotally mounted to swing on the shaft 34. (See Figs. 10 and 12.) This apron is preferably made of metal and has a lower cut-out vportion 46, whose outline. substantially conforms to that of the upper portion of the die or cutter. Opposite to the apron 45 is an idling-roller 47, Fig. 11, mounted in suitablevbearings upon .the framework of the machine, and suitable belts or bands 48 errtend over the -roller 25 and the idling-Droller 47, the roller 25 Vpreferably having grooves cut in its surface, so that the belts or bands 48 lie flush with the surface of the roller. it will be seen that as the sheet of skived material 21A is fed downward from the feed-rollers 25 and 26 it passes between the belts or bands 48011 one. side and the apron 45 on the other and is thereby guided into its position in front of the die or cutter 2.A

The feed-rollers 25 and 26 are intermittently operated, being set in motion .to feed the fibrous band downward between the platen and the cutter 'during the time when the platen is withdrawn from the cutter andat rest and bein interrupted in their feeding action during t e time when the platen is IIO advanced against the cutter. It will therefore be seen that the feed-rollers act to feed or advance the sheet of fibrous material to the die-press asthe saineis needed, the action of the rollers and of the platen being timed for this purpose and the rollers being, adjusted verticallyto bring` the skived sheet into proper position before the cutter.

YWhile the action of the feed-rollers 25 and 26 is intermittent, that of the feed-rollers 23 and 24 upon the. skiving-machine is continuons7 and 1t necessarily results that. during the time the feed-rollers 25 and 26 upon the diepress are at rest the rollers 23 and 24 upon the skiver will act to advance a determined portion of the fibrous strip, which will thus sag down between the two machines. In order that this sag in t-he advancing strip of fibrous materia-l may be eliminated at eac-h operation of the feed-rollers u on the diepress, the drivingv belt and pulleys therefor are so arranged as to drive the feed-rollers 25 and 26 upon the die-press at a more rapid rate than that of the feed-rollers and 24 v25`upon the skiving-machine, so that when the feed-rollers on the die-press are set in opera' tion they quickly take up the sag in the sheet of material and advance the lower end of said sheet into the proper position between the platen and the die. This sheet of fibrous material, however, which is preferably employed in the fornmtion of pads and similar articles, is not one of great tensile strength, and therefore is not capable of withstanding great longitudinal strain, and it is important that the rapid ad rance motion of the feed-rollers of the die-press should be interrupted before any strain is put upon the fibrous sheet 21. For the` purpose of avoiding any such strain there is mounted on the shaft of the feed-roller 25 of the diepress an idling sprocket-wheel 4t), (see Fig. 7,) which sprocket-wheel is between the pulley 42 and roller 25. This idler-sprocket p1 ovided with a tooth 5t), 'irojecting laterally from its hub immediately in advance of a tooth 51, projectingr from the side ofthe ley 42.

Passing around the idler-sprocket 4.9.is a sprocket-chain 52, which gears with a sprocket-wheel 53 on the shaft 5-1 of the feedroller 24 of the skiving-machine. Since the i llers rocket 49 is thus geared by means of the sprocket-chain 52 to the sprocliet-wheel on the shaft of the feed-roller 24 on the skiver, it will be apparent that the idlersprocket 4l) will be in perfect time with the feed-roller 2:t, and during the. time in which the feed-roller 25 on the dicpres.-y is at rest the tooth 5t) on the idler-spraclwt will move away from the tooth 51 upon lthc pulley 42. 'lhc parts are so timed that this advance -ol the tooth 5t) from the tooth 51 is always less than one revolution. thrown -io as to operate the feed-rollers upon pulthe die-press, the pulley 42 by reason of its more rapid rateof movement quickly causes the tooth 51 to overtake and inipinge upon the tooth on the idler-sprocket 19. lt will be seen that this will occur exactly at the time when the feed-rollers 25 and 26 shall have moved suflieiently to take up the slack in the fibrous sheet that has occurred during the period of rest of` the feed-rollers and 26. The driving-belt for the pulley t2 is made just loose enough so that when the tooth 51 engages the tooth 5() the belt will slip on the pulley 4:2 or upon the drivingpulley therefor, and. therefore will yield to the resistance ofl'ered by the tooth 5t), the sprocket-chain 52 and the mechanism for propelling the feed-roller 2t upon the skiver. lt follows that after the tooth 51 has ovelt-aken the tooth 50 the two will move forward together until the operation of the feedrollers 25 and 26 is again interrupted.

As hereinbefore stated, the platen is operated when the driving-belt 17 shifted to the pulley 15 and is stopped when the belt is shifted back from the pulley 15 to the idlerpulley 16. For the purpose of shifting' the belt 17 an ordinary belt-shifter 55, Fig: it, is mounted to slide in guides 56 57 on the rear of the frame 1 of the machine, to which. slide is attached a springl 58, whose tension acts to throw the belt from left to right-hi. e., to throw the belt onto the pulley 15 in position to set the machine in motion. The bellcrank lever 5t) has one of its arms connected by a pin-and-slot connection 6() to the. beltshifter 55, the other arm being' pivotally con-- nected at 61 to a lever-armr62, which extends alone' the side of the diepress. The bellcrank lever 59 is pi voted to the framework of the machine at 63 and the lever-arm 62 is pivoted at (-il to a Vertical lever 65, which latter lever is in turn pivotcd to the framework ofthe machine at66. The upper arm ofthe lever 65 extends upward into proximity to the right-hand `gear-wheel 10 of the die-press, as clearly shown in Fil. et. The pivotal connection between the lever 65 and the leverarm 62 is of a pin-and-slot character, which permits the lever-arm 62 to have a slight vertical movement with relation to the lever 65. rl`he lever-arm 62 extends forward in the direction of the skiver and provided on its end adjacent to the skiver with a lue' 67, Fie'. l, havingy a catch-slnmlder 68, which when the parts are in the position shown in Fir'. -l engages with a correspomling shoulder 69 in a slot Tt), formed in a forked guide 71, secured to the frame of the skiver, as will be understood from an inspection of Figs. 2, t, and 41.

y When the lue` 67 rests with its shoulder (3S in engagement with the shoulder 69 in the slot Tt), the parts are held m the position shown in Fir. #t against the tension of the sprintl .3S-- l hen thc clutch tt 1,-:

i. r., in a position to hold the bell upon the v idler-pulleyI and eonserpiently the machine IIO lfhen the lever-arm 62 is lifted so disengage the shoulder 68 of the lug 67 n the shoulder 69 in the slot 70, the spring acts to throw the belt-shifter, and thus shifts belt from the pulley 16 to the pulley 15 starts the machine.

' For the purpose of disengaging the leverarm 62 from the catch-shoulder 69 a trip is provided, which is located upon the skiver and is 'actuated thereby, the tripping action being timed so as to occur once for each skiving ac tion of the skiving-machine, thereby insuring that the platen of the die-press shall be advanced and one cutting action performed for each skived portion of the sheet of iibrous material 21. When the skiver is provided with a skiving-roller of the character .pivoted at 75 to any suitable support-as, ,for example, the framework of the skivingmachine. (See Fig. 2.) The lower end ofthe swinging link 72 is guided in the forked guide 71 and Iis provided with a notch 76, into which the rear end of the lever-arm 62 is thrown when in its rearmost position, the swinging link 72 being held in operative relation with the end of lever 62 by-a spring 77. The arnrof the lever 74 opposite to the pivotpoint 7 8, where said arm is connected to the link 72, extends rearward adjacent to the end of the shaft of the skiving-roller 18, and this shaft has secured thereto a plate or bar 78,

, (see F 1, 2, and 4,) which carries a air of pins 79, eccentric to the skiving-rol er 18. The rearward end of the lever 74is so positionerl that each of the pins 79 strikes it once during each revolution oi the skiving-roller,

. thus depressing the rear end of the lever 74 and elevating the opposite end of said lever,

' and with it the tripping-link 72, thereby freeing the shoulder 68 on said lever from the shoulder 69 in the forked guideway and permitting the shifter 55 to be thrown by, the spring 58, so as to start the machine.

The right-hand gear-wheel 1() upon the machine is provided with a project-ing'lug, preferably in the shape of an antiirictionroller 80, F ig. 4, which as the gear-wheel 1 0 revolves engages the upper end o f the lever 65 and throws it to the rear, and since this lever is connected at 64 to the lever-arm 62 and. through said arm and the bell-crank 59 bell-shifter 55, the rearward move- 1 of said lever 65 acts to throw the shifter leit to right against the tension of the fg, thereby again sluiting the .belt from the pulley to the pulley 16 and stopping the machine. When the lever is thus thrown to the rear by the antifriction-roller 80 on gear-wheel 10, the shoulder 68 is again thrown intok position to engage with the shoulder 69 in the guideway 70, .the rear end of the lever-arm 62 contacting with thecutout portions 76 of the swinging link 72 and the parts are in position to be again tripped by the action of the tripping-pin 79, controlled by lthe skiving-roller. The antiriction-roller 8() is so positioned on the gearwhcel 1() as to shift the lever 65 to the rearjust before the platen has been advanced to its rearmost position-fi. e., to the position in which it is withdrawn from contact with the cutter-die 2. The parts of the machine are necessarily quite heavy, owing tothe necessity for strength, and the sudden stopping of such parts when in rapid motion would be liable to n introduce unnecessary strains and possibly breakage unless the stopping action was cush- Y ioned, and for this urp-ese there is provided a stop in the shape oi) a bell-crank lever81, Fi s. 4 and 14, pivoted at 82 to the frame of the dieress, the lower arm of said bell-crank lever being pivotally connected by a pin and slot 83 to the lever-arm 62 and the other arm of said bell-crank lever 81 being provided with a stop-shoulder 84 in position to be engaged by a pin 85, projecting from the side of the right-hand gear 10 of t e die-press. Pivoted to said bell-crank lever 81 in close' proximity to the shoulder 84 is a stop-lever 86, `whose lower end when the machine is in motion 4is in position to be engaged by the pin or lug 85 upon the gear-whee 10, the upper end of the lever 86 being secured to one end of a stiff spring 8.7, whose other end is secured at 88 to the bell-crank lever 81. When the -lug 85 strikes the lower end of the lever 86, it forces it rearward against the tension of the stili spring (87 until such lower end of lever 86 contacts with shoulder 84 on bell-crank lever 81, the stoppage of the machine thus being cushioned by the tension ofthe stiff spring 87.

The lever 86 is provided with a pin 89, which projects trom its side over thel top of the arm of the bell-crank lever 81, and thereby acts as a stop to revent the spring 87 from withdrawing the lever 86 so far to the rear as to bring it out of the path of the pin 85 upon the gear-wheel 10. When the pin80 on the gear-wheel 10 engages thc lever 65, and thereby forces the lever-arm 62 rearward for the purpose ot shifting the belt and stopping the machine, the bell-crank lever 81 is rocked, so as to depress that arm which has the shoulder 84 and carries the lever 86 and s ring 87, thereby bringing said lever and s oulder in the path of movement of the pin 85. On the other hand, when the spring 58 acts' to throw the belt-shifter so as to start the machine the bell-crank lever 81 is actuated so as to litt the arm having the shoulder rop S4, and with it the lever 86 and spring S7, out

. of the path of the pin S5, thereby leaving the -free from engagemt when the. latter is thrown into gear-wheel 10 free to revolve. vlfit will thus be seen that the cushioned stop is in osition to engage the 'gearwheel 10 at t 1e instant when the belt is shifted to stop the machine and is withdrawn at the instant when the belt-shifter is thrown to start the machine.

In order that the clutch 44 may be shifted so as to set the fced-rollers 25 and 26 of the die-press in ope-ration during the time when the platen is at rest, means are provided for closingthe clutch 44 simultaneously with the shifting of the .belt-shifter" to stop the machine. This clutch-closing device may be operated hy any suitable part of the dieress and is here shown as controlled by the elt-shifter itself. Referring to 4 and 9, is a lever pivotedat 91 to any suitable sup ort and having its loi-.ver end provided wit an antifrictionqoller 913 in position to be engaged by a cani 93, wrme'd on the beltshifter 55, at the time wen the belt-shifter is in position to stop tl machine, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, the er 90, however, being with the belt-shifter osition to start the machine. Pivoted tot e lever 90 at 92 is a bell-crank iever, one of whose arms 98 is connected by e suitable link to a drawrod 94, the other arni 95 of said bell-crank lever carryin'gan antifriction-roller 96 in position to be engaged by an arc-shaped rib 97 on the outside face of the left-hand gearwheel 10 of the die-press. This arc-shaped rib 97 extends through but a short arc on the gear-wheel 10 and is so positioned that it en-- gages the antifriction-roller 96 on the arm 95 on the bell-crank at the instant. when it is desired to start the feed-rollers into operation. The action of the rib 97 is to so rock the bell-erank lever on its ivot 92 to depress the arm 9S, and there )y effect a downward pull on the rod 94, which downward pull acts to close the clutch 44, and thus start the feed-rollers .25 and 26 into operation. The clutch 44 remains closed so long as the pull on the rod 94 is maintained and is opened when said pull ceases, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and this pull upon the rod 94 is maintained so long and only so long as the arc 97 is in engagement" with the roller 96 on the bell-crank lever. The parts are in position for the are 97 to actuate the draw rod 94 to close the clutch 44 'only when the shifter is in position to stop the machine since the moment the shifter is thrown from right to left the lever 90 is freed from the earn part 93 upon the shifter, and thus permits the letter structure, including the bellcrank lever-arms 98 and 95 to rock away from the are 97. Moreover, even though the shifter remain in the position shown in Fig. 4 the feed-rollers 25 and 26 will be ops @rated only so long as the are remains in conta'ct with the antifriction-roller 9G. When said antifriction-roller 96escapesfrorn the are 97, the spring on the clutch 44 will instantly throw the clutch open, causing an upward' pull upon the draw-rod, causing the arm 95 of the bell-crank lever to fall downward, said downward or rocking action, however, being limited by a stop in the form' of a rigid arm 99, projecting under the upper end of the lever 90 and the bell-crank lever.

Referring to Fig. 1, 44 is the free member of the clutch, which when shifted from right to left in the figure operates to enga-ge the continuously-running member 44, keyed to the driving-shaft. 1004is a four-armed lever one of whose arms is pivotally connected to the draw-rod 94, another of which. is con nected at 101 to the clutch, while still an,- other arm. extends out over the belt 43 and carries a brakesshoe 103. lTwo 4springs 104 and 105 act to normally throw-the lever in such a position as to effect an upward pull upon the draw-rod 94 and to withdraw the female member 44 of the clutch from engagement with the male member 44 and at the saine time depresses the brake-shoe 103 upon the belt 43. When, however, the downward pull is effected upon the drawsrod 94', as hereinbefore described, the clutch is closed and the brake 103 elevated out engagement with the belt 43,

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 13, l5, and 16, 106 106 are a pair of ejectorplates resting in front of the platen 3 and just small enough to push through the hollow die 4 and being preferably similar in shape to the pad which is designed to be cut by said die. Pins 107 107 extend rearwardly through openings in the platen 3 and are connected, as by a cross-bar 108, to which is pivoted by a pin-and-slot connection 109 a lever-arm 110, keyed to a rock-shaft 111, rocking in suitableI bearings on the lower edge of the platen. There is also keyed to this rock-shaft 11 1 a depending arm 112, preferably bearing an antifriction-roller 113. Keyed to a rock-shaft 114, turnino in suitable bearings on the under part of the framework of the machine, is an arm 115, which extends rearwardly and has a downwardlyinclined cam 116 located substantially beneath the antifriction-roll'er 113 on the arm 112. The rock-bar 114 extends outward on the left-hand side of the machine and on its outer end has an arm 117 keyed thereto, the upper end of which arm normally lies in a position to be engaged by the arc 97 on the gearwheel. 10 on the left-hand side of the machine, as viewed in Fig. 4.

By reference to Figs. 15 and 16 it will be observed that the parts are so timed that when the platen is open and in non-operative position, as shown in Fig. 15, the are 97 is out of engagement with the arm 117 on the rockshaft 114, but that when the platen is ad- IOO IIO

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vanced to cut the pad, as/ shown in Fig. 16, the erin 117 is engaged by the arc 97, and thereby depressed, whereby the rock-shaft 114 is rocked so as to elevate the cam 116, causing it to engage with the Jfriction-wheel 113 and through thearm 112, the rock-shaft 111, and the arm actuated the ejectorplates 106 106, so as to force the two pads which have been out through and out of the hollow cutter-die, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 16.

Operation: The operation of the device is as follows: The sheet of fibrous material being fed by any suitable carrier to a skiver having a pattern-roller, say of the character illustrate( in Fig. 2-'i.c., with two cut-'away or depressed portions 19 and two cylindrical portions 1S-said skiver operates t-o skive out two cuts at each revolution of the pattern-roller, and as the sheet advances troni between the pressure and pattern rollers it is passed between the two feed-rollers 23 and 24, Fig. 2, and from thence to the feed-rollers 25 and 26 upon the die-press, passing down-4 ward between said rollers and in front of the platen 3 and to the rear of the depending apron 45, the belts 4S passing over the feed; roller 25 and the idler-roller 47 assisting to properly guide the sheet. `When the iirst portion of the fibrous sheet has descended until it is substantially opposite the die 2, the vertical position of the feed-rollers 25 and 26 is adjusted by elevating or depressing the racks 30 through the medium of the crankliandle 38 and is retained in the adjusted position by the engagement oi pawl 36 with the ratchet-wheel 35. W'hen properly adjusted, the fibrous sheet will occupy the position opposite the die, as shown in Fig. Q-fi. e., with the skived-out portions 2S opposite the upper and lower edges o1" the die and the thickest portions 27 ot' the sheet substantially opposite the transverse central cutting-blade 4, as is clearly shown in Fig. 16. This adjustnient may be secured while the machine is at rest or while it is iii motion, one of the great advantages oi' the adjustment of the `feedrollers shown being that an accurate adjustnient can be secured while the machine is in motion, thereby correcting any slight inaccuracy of the position .of the skived sheet that may develop as the pads are cut. Power being applied, ythe platen 3 is advanced from the position shown in Fig. 15 to that shown in F ig. 16, thereby forcing the iibrous sheet against the sharp edge of the die and cutting two pads at a single stroke. As the platen is advanced the swinging apron 45 is thrown forward, and the cut-away portion 46 permits it to swing slightly past and to the outside of the die, as shown in Fig. 16. This' swinging motion of the apron-'is accomplished against the tension of the spring'120, Fig. 12, w ich bears uponone arm 121 of a bellcraiik lever, the other arm of which, 122, is

rigidly connected to the apron, and as'soon as the platen is withdrawn the spring 120 again throws the swinging apron 45 into the position shown in- Figs. 2 and 15. Just at the instant when the platen has pressed the fibrous sheet against 'the cutting edge of the die with sufficient force to effect the .cut the l pushing? blades or followers 106 106 are caused to drive the pads through the hollovtT die and eject them therefrom, as is clearly shown in Fig. 16. This advance of' the usher or follower-blades 106 is eected by the contact with the arced rib 97 withy the lever-arm4117, which `rocks the shaft 114, elevating the lever-arm until it cone tacts with an antifrietion-roller 113 on. the

arm 112, thereby rocking the shaft 111 and f throwing forward the arm 110, which ac- .tuates the pusher .blades or followers 10.6.

The vleft-hand gear-wheel 10, having advanced to a point where the lever-arm 117 escapes from the arced rib 97, the parts return to the position shown in 15 through the action of gravity. Immediately after the arm 1.17 has escaped from the arced rib 97 the projecting stop-lug 85 upon the righthand gear-wheel 10 (see Fig. 4) contacts with the front face of the depending lever 86 and forces it against the tension of spring S7 in contact with the shoulder 84 on the bellcrank lever 81, thereby bringing the machine to a stop against the yielding cushion afforded by the spring 87. Justbefore the stoplug S5 contacts with the lever S6, however,

the driving-belt has been shifted from theA pulley 15 to the pulley 16 by the action of the` antifriction-roller 80 on the right-hand gearwheel 10, which has struck the arced-shaped portion ot the lever 65 and thrown it rearward, thereby eifccting a pull through the bell-crank lever 59 upon the belt-shifter 55,-

and thus withdrawing the shifter to the position shown in Fig. 4 against the tension of its spring 5S; The parts being thrown into this position, the lug 67 (see Fig. 4a) is thrown der 68 engages with the shoulder 69 in the slot 70, formed in the fork/71. (Shown in dotted lines ,in Fig. 4.) The engagement of the shoulder 68 with the shoulder 6: acts to retain the parts in position, (shown in Fig. 4,)

but against the tension ofthe belt-shitting spring 5S. moving from lettto right causes the cam 93 upon said shifter to engage the lever 90, as shown in Fiomv 4, and`roek its upper end toward the left-hand gear-wheel 10, thus The action of the belt-shifter in throwing the antiriction-roller -96 upon 'the bell-crank lever 95 into position to be en` 1 i o rearward or toward the shiver until its shouli' vanced a part of a revolution in front of the the downward pull on the draw-rod 94'being is effected upon the draw-rod 94 to throw the brake-shoe 103 from contact with said belt,

effected against the tension of springs v104 105, as will be clearly understood from an ins ection of Fig, 1. It will be understood t at the feed-rollers 25 and 26 were at rest during the time occupied by the platen in advancing toward and withdrawing `from the cutter-die, and that, therefore, the sheet of fibrous material that was being continuously' fed from the feed-rollers 23 and 24 on the skiver has sagged materially from the osition shown in Fig. 2. lt is essential, owever, that the action of the laten in forcing the sheet of skived materia against the die should be Verfectly timed with the skiving action of t e skiver, and in order that this should occur it is essential that there should be two vibrations of the laten 2 to one revolution of the pattern-rol er on the skiver and that there should be consumed by the cutting action of the die in these two vibrations of the platen the exact length of the fibrous sheet that would be skived by a single revolution. of the pattern-roller. This result is effected through the medium of the triplever 74, Fig. 4, andthatwo tripping-lugs 7 9, fixed to the axis of the pattern-roller and-revolving therewith. Each of the lugs 79 acts to trip the lever 74 at each revolution of the pattern-roller-i. e., the tripping-lever 74 is tripped twice at each revolution of said roller. The tripping of the lever 74 operates to lift the lug 67 upon the tilting lever 62, so as to free the shoulder 68 from the shoulder 69, thereby permitting the spring 58 'to throw the belt-shifter from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the left, so as to bring the driving-belt 17 onto the pulley 15, through which the mechanism is set in motion to vibrate the platen. A single revolution of the gear-wheels 10 effects a complete vibration of the platen, and at each' revolution the belt is again shifted from the pulley 15 to the pulley 16, as above described, and the platen brought to rest, when it again tripped by the second lug 79 on the skiver and the operation is re eated. The slack which hasoccurred in t e fibrous sheetbetween the feedrollers on the skivcr and, those upon the diepress during the time when the platen is at rest is taken up without strain upon 'the fibrous sheet by the feed-rollers 25 and 26. During the time when these rollers are at rest, as hereinbefore described, the clutchtooth upon the idling-sprocket 49 is adcl'utch-tooth 51 on the pulley 42, keyed to the shaft of the feed-roller 25, and when the pull clutch members 44 and 44 into engagement,

Fig. 1", the ,lriving-belt 43, Fig. 1, for said rollers is `started up at a speed exceeding that 1 of the sprocket-chain 52, extending from the l shaft of the vfeed-roller 24 on the skiver to the i idling sprocket-wheel 49. The result is that the'tooth 51 upon the pulley 42 quickly overtakes the clutch-tooth 50 upon the idling sprocket-Wheel 49, turning the rollers 25 and 26 quite rapidly, and. thereby taking up the slack which occurred While said rollers 25 and 26 were at rest. At the instant, however,r when the slack is taken outof 4the fibrous sheet the clutch-tooth 51 contacts with the clutch-tooth 50, and thence forward the belt 43 can drive the feed-rollers 25 and 26 only as fast as it is permitted to advance by the tooth 51, which moves at the same rate as the feed-rollers 23 and. 24 upon the skiver, the slip of the driving-belt 43 for the feed-rollers. 25 and 26 permitting this action. It will thus be seen that the feed of the feed-rollers 25 and 26, though intermittent, is in the long run precisely the same in amount as the continuously-operating feed-'rollers 23 and 24 upon the slnver. lt follows that if the skived sheet has once been adjusted, so as to bring it into proper position in front of the cutterdie` as shown in Fig. '15, it will continue to thus position the parts during the entire operation of the machine.

It will be seen that by the invention above described there is combined into one complete operative` structure a skiving-machine and a cutting-machine, the one operating continuously and the other o erating intermittently, and that neverthe ess the action of the intermittently-operatin die-press is absolutely under the control o the cont-inuously-operating skiver, so that the cuttingmachine or dieress effects its cut from the proper art oft e skived sheet. Moreover, it will Ve seen that the entire die-press is, made up ofa very small number of partsviz., the die, the platen, and the intermittently-operating feed-rollers-and that the simple driving-gear for effecting the vibration of the platen at the same time operates to control the stopping of the die-press without serious strain to the parts, the starting of the feed-rollers, and the ejectment of the cut pads from the die, while the skiver operates not only to skive the sheet of fibrous material, but to effect the starting of the mechanism for vibrating the platen in perfect time with the skiver and also to control the action of the intermittently-operating feed-rollers upon the die-press, to the end that they shall effect the feeding of the same length of the fibrous sheet in a given time as is effected by the continuously-operating feed-rollers ofthe skiver and without strain upon said sheet.

What 'is claimed is- 1. In pad-makingapparatus, the combination of skiving mechanism, 'pad-cutting mechanism, and feed devices controlled by both of said mechanisms.

2. In pad-making apparatus, the ycombination of skiving mechanism7 pad-cutting mechanism, and intermittentlyoperating IOO IIO

santes feed devices controlled by both oi' seid mechonisms.

lnpod-msliing apparatus the combiiietion'orl sln'ving mechanism, and psd-cutting mechanism, with continuonsly-operoted 'feed devices on the sliiving meclnmism, and intermittently-opereted feed devices on the pzid-cntting mechanism.

4. ln psd-melting apparatus, the combination ot' sliivijng mechanism, and psd-cntting mechanism, with continnonsly-operoted feed devices on the skiving mechanism, and interinittently-opereted feed devices on the pad-cutting mechanism controlled by the leed devices on the sliiving meclmnism.

ln pad-making mechanism, skiving device, s die, e platen, and intermittentlyopersting ieed devices odvnneine e sheet material from scid skiving device to and he tween scid die end platen.

'3. ln pndnnsliing apparatus, the combination of s skivinfY device, an intermittently# operating peil-milling mechanism, nies-ns feeding a sliived sheet oi material from seid device to said mechanism, starting and stopping means for said mechanism, the starting means controlled by seid device, sind the stopping means controlled by said nieclmnu ism.A

T. ln o. psd-cutting device, the combination of o dio ond cvibratory platen, with intermittently-operating feed-rollcrs for delivcring n, sheet of material between seid die and pieten, ond ineens for adjusting scid rollers toward sind from said die ond pieten.

S. ln o ns l--cntting device, thel combinaition oi" die and vibrfitory platen, with interinit'Lundy-operating iecdi'ollcrs for deliver-- ing sheet of material between said die and pieten., and means simultaneously stopping the platen and starting the leed-rollers.

i). ,ln a pad-cutting device, the combination of uniformlyoperating slicehieeding means, interinittently-opersting iced-rollers, a check device 4for said rollers controlled by said means, and on intermitien ily-operating psd-cutting mechanism.

l0. in .ft pcd-cutting device, the com nnsi'ion of nnifowily-operating; sheet-feeding ineens, interinittently-opera,ting feed-rollers, o che-cli device `for said rollerscontrolled by seid means, an intermittently-operating pedcutting mechanism, and starting and stopping means for scid iced-rollers controlled by scid mechanism.

il. ln a imchcntting device, the combina tion of e `die or cutter, o vibratory platen, power-actuated means ior vibrating said ple-ten, feed mechanism ior supplyin sheet material, power connections for operating the seme, and o device actuated at each vibration of the platen for cutting oii" the power from the platen-vibrating mechanism and turning on the power to the feed mechanism.

12. in e pad-cutting device, vthe combination of intermittentlyopersted pod-cnttin0 mechanism, intermittently-opersting leed mechanism tor supplying sheet material thereto, continuously-operetino means ed vencing sheet materiel to scid eedfmeclienism, and a speed-arrester controlled byssid means and governing Yseid feed inechsvnism..v

i3. ln e pod-cutting device, the combine =Lion of intermittrendy-operated nnd-cuttinj mechanism, c pair ci intermittentlyopersted feed-rollers 'lor supplying sheet materiel to' said pcd-cutting mech einem, ineens salvano-- ing seid sheet materiel to seid feederollers, and power devices for driving scid eednc'oll.n ers isst-er than scid ineens, sind s control del vice governed by snid-fmesns and checking the speed of said rollers et a predetermined point. s i4.. in e psd-cutting device, the combine- 'tion of intermittently-opersted psdenttin mechanism, e pair of leecli-rollers, s drive pulley therefor having c clutchetooth, means supplying' sheet materiel to said eedrollers and actuating a revolving part having e, clntclntooth in the path of the clutch-'tooth on the said pulley.

1.5, in c pcd-cutting device, intermit i tentlvoperoted ped-cntting mechanism, intermittently-cpereted feed-rollers for supplying sheet materiel thereto, o driving-pnl ley ior scid rollers, clutch-tooth rieidly connected to and revolving With seid rollers, ineens contin iously supplying sheet materiel to scid rollers, end e revolving member heving o part projecting in the path seid clutclntooth, seid revolving member moving ct af continuous end uniiorni rate of speed,

1.6. ln o pod-cutting device, an intermit tently-operated pad-cutting mechanism, interniittently-opereted feed-rollersr for snp plying sheet materiel to seid mechanism, continuously-opereted feed-rollers supplying sheet material-to seid intern/iittcntlyoperq ated rollers, e driving-pulley for sei-id inter# mittentiy-opereted rollers, sn idler-wheel loose on the shalt of said rollers, a lug on seid idlcr-wheel in the path of and -in front of e corresponding lng on seid drivingnlley, and a gearing connection between seid continuously-operated rollers end said id? r wheel.

l?. ln peddnnliing apparatus, the combi'- nation of a slivmwmochine, continuonsly- Y operating feed-rol ers receiving material from seid skiv'ing-machine, an intermittently-operated pcd-cutting mechanism, intermittently-op@rated ecd-rollers receiving sheet material from seid continuously*operu sting rollers end sup lying it to said pod-cntting mechanism, an s continuously-moving part moving in time with seid continuouslfoperating rollers and traveling in the'peth oi"- end in iront of en 'intermittentiyfmozvimbTA part moving in time with scid intermiti;ently,v moving rollers, i

i8. In apaihentting device, the eomhinaasma:

and means automatically operated to open said clutch when the platen is vilrated and close the clutch at the end of each vibration of the ower-driven meehanisin to stop movement it). :ln av mdf/cutting devine, the comhinai `tion of -pai cutting mechanism, eedrollers 2 supplying sheet material' thereto, yielding hearings tor said rollers, and means operable rluring'the o )eration ot the machine' for adjusting said earings relatively-to said eutting mechanism.

QG. Iln a padfeutting device, the combination of intermittently-operating pad-cutting mechanism, intermittently-opciating leedrollers therefor located ahove said mechanism, vertirally-adjustahlc hearings for said Trillian, and means operahle during the o era tion of the machine for adjusting said liearings relativel)V to said eutting mechanism.

21. ln a pad-cutting devine, the combination of intermittentlyoperating padcutting mechanism, feederollers supplying sheet material to said mechanism and located ahovc the eamo, hearings for said rollers, verticallyadjustable rack-hars for supporting said hearings, a shat't having pinions engaging said raolidiars, and means t'or revolving said shaft.

22. ln a pad-eutiing device, the combination of pad-cutting mechanism, feed-rollers ahove the same 'for feeding sheet material thereto, hearings tor said lecdri'illers, two vertically-ailjustahlc rack-liars supporting said hearings, a shaft hearing pinions engagiing said raelr-hars, a ratchet on said shaft, and a pawl tor cngagintr said ratchet.

23. ln a pad-cutting device, the comhination nl intermittentlyopcrating pad-cutting mechanism, a pair ot intermittcntly-operated iced-rollers, a pulley for driving the same connected to a clutch mcinher normally loose on thi` driving-shaft, intermittently-operating driving means for said padcutting i'ncchanisin, and a device operated h v said drivingr means upon each stroke ot' the pad-cuttingmcr'hanism to shil't said elntch miemlici' into operative roiniection with the drivi|igslnittA 215, ln a pad-cutting dic-press, thil combination ol a stationary cutting-dic, a platen x-'ihrating to and trom thc same, powerdrivi-n mechanism intcrmittcntlyr vibrating said platen, a pair ot' feed-rollers located ahove said ditI and platen intermittently opcrahlc to suppl)y sheet material tlieret-o, a driving-pulley therefor, forming a loosc inemher ol' a clutch, a continuously-driveii pulley forming the other part of said-clutch,

laten.

25. n a pad-making apparatus, the oomhination of a striving-machine having a pat-- tern-surfaee, a die-press having a stat-ionarsv die and a vibratory platen, power mechanism for intermittently vibrating said platen, and means controlled hy the pattern-surface on 'thc striving-machine and applying power to said power mechanism.

26. In a pad-making apparatus, the eomhination of, a driving-machina a dic-press having a stationarj,r cuttingedie and a vibratory platen-fdr eiittingpads from the sliived material, owendrivetn mechanism for vibrating said platen, a lelt-shifter for 4applying power lto or withdrawing it from said mechanism, and` `means controlled hy said sleiving-maehineand normallyr acting to ri tain said heit-shifter in osition to withdraw power from said power-i rive-n mechanism.

27. In pad-making apparatus, thc coinhination of a skivingmaehine, a pad-eutting die-press having a die and a vili'atory platen and powendriven mechanism for vibrating said platen, a heltshifter having a spring normali)Y throwing said shifter so as to appl v v ower to said Aineelianiain, means operated liv said mechanism at each vihration ol' the platen to throw said shifter against thc tension of its spring and therelnY withdraw power Afrom said mechanism, a catch normally holding the shifter in said last-named position against the tension of' its spring, and a trip controlled hy the shiver and freeing the beltshit'tcr and permittingr it to he operated hy its spring to again apply power to the driving mechanism.

2H. ln a pad-cutting device, the combination of intermittently(iperated padcutting devices, intcrmittentlv-operating powerdriven mechanism therefor, nnvans alternately applying power to and withdrawing it from said incehanism, and a lvielding stop for said mechanism controlled hy said means.

2t). ln a pad-cutting apparatus, thi` -omhination oi intermittently-iperating pad-cutting devices, intcrmittently-opcrating phwer driven mechanism therefor, means alternatelxT applying power to and ywithdrawing it. from said mechanism, a `vielding stop l'or said mechanism, and i'ronnecvtioiis hctwcin said means and said stop whereby thil stop is thrown into operativix position when thc power is withdrawn and ont ol' operative position when the power is applied.

tt). ln a pad-outtiiig apparatus, the oonihination oi a stationary die, or cutter, a vihi'atory platen, power-drivcn'mechanism'vila-at ing said platen, a imlt-shil'tcr altcrnatch applying power to and withdrawing it i'romsaid mechanism, a `yielding stop for said mechanism, and connections between said fio stop and belt-shifter whereby the same is withdrawn from its operative position when the said shifter is operated to appliT power to said mechanism..

Si. In a pad-cutting apparatus, the combination of a stationary die or cutter, a vibrae tory platen, an intermittently operated power mechanism for vibrating said platen, a belt-shifter operable to apply power to and withdraw it Jfrom said mechanism, and a ,vihratorv stop for said mechanism operative-liT connected to said belt-shifter.

232. ln a die-cutting press, the combition or' a stationary hollow die, a vibrato' f platen, and pad-ejecting means carried i r said platen and operative upon each vibraa tionl thereof.

331; ln die-cutting apparatus, a holle-1i. stationary cutting-die, a platen vibrating to and from said die, means feeding sheet material 1cetween said die and platen, a pad-ejector carried hv said platen, power mechanism for mating said ilaten, and connections between said mecnanism and said ad-ejector for operating said ejector on eac i vibration of the platen.

Si, The combination of slriving mechanism cutting-transverse channels in a continuous sheet or strip of material, and a pad-cutting device cutting pads from said channeled sheet or strip,

35. The combination of skiving mechanis '1, and a pad-cutting device, with intermiti otly-operating feeding means receivin "he ved material from said mechanism .ind iivering it to the pad-cutting device.

fifi The mnnhination oi' slciving mechanism and submitting mechanism, a continuons-iced device on the slriving mechanism and. ic-rn'iittent-t'eed device on the padcniir iiiwclmnism receiving the skived material in said continuousdeed device and deii-Jiwg the same intermittently to saidA pad ng' mechanism.

il?. 'the coinhination oi siiiving mechanism and a pad-cutting device, with revoluble i'eed means iving the skived material from 'aid mechanism and delivering it to the 'pad-:i iing device, said means being coniroilcd h v hoth the skiving n'iei'zl'ianism and cutting device. i

tie?. The crmiiiination oi'v striving mechanism and a pad-cutting device with continuous feed means on the skivingy mechanism and in im iiiiiieiit-'i'i=e l 'means on the cutting device receiving the skived material from the' said continuous feed and deliverin the same intermittently to said cutting evice both of said J:feeding means controlled 1oy/said skiving mechanism and said cutting device.

39. The combination of skiving mechanism and a pad-cutting device,v with intermittently-operating feed-rollers receiving the slrived material from said slriving mechanism and intermittently delivering the same to said cutting device, and means for adjusting said eed-rdllers toward and from said device.

40. The combination of skiving mechanism and a pad-cutting device with intermittentlypperated Y feed-rollers receiving the skived material from said mechanism and delivering it to th pad-cutting device, and means simultaneously stoppin the cutting device and starting the feed-rol ers.

4l. The combination of slriving mechanism and an intermittently-operated pad-cutting device with feeding means receiving the skived material from said mechanism and delivering it to the pad-cutting device.

42. The combination of -skiving mechanism and intermittently-.operated pad-cntti1 o mechanism, a pair of intermittently-operated feed-rollers forsupplgdng the skived material to said pad-cutting device, means continuously advancing said-skived material to said feed-rollers, power devices for driving said feed-rollers faster than said advancing means, and a control device roverned by said advancin means and checking the speed of said rollers at a predetermined point.

43. The combination of skiving mechanism and an intermittently-operated pad-cuttin device, a pair of intermittently-operated feed-rollers receiving the skived material from said mechanism and delivering it to said cutting device, a pulley for driving said rollers connected to a clutch member normail)r loose on the driving-shaft, driving means for said pad-cutting device, and a device operated hy said driving means upon each stroke of the pad-cutting device to shift said clutch member into operativo connection with the driving-shaft- In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribig witnesses.

GUSTANv GOLDB'AN,

Vfitnesses:

S. T. CAMERON, Yltnnvn linwis.

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